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Native name | 洪可新 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Nanjing, Jiangsu, China | 6 January 2003||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 163 cm (5 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | China | ||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Amateur wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||
Weight class | 57 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Hong Kexin (born 6 January 2002) is a Chinese freestyle wrestler. She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 57 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. She is also a bronze medalist in the 57 kg event at the 2022 Asian Games.[1]
Hong started training in wrestling at Nanjing Sport Institute in 2015. She was selected for the Chinese national team in 2023.[2]
She competed at the 2024 Asian Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan and she earned a quota place for China for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[3] She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 57 kg event at the Olympics.[4]